Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.25 x 10, October 6, 1817. President Monroe grants William Bell, “late a Private in Peakins Company of the thirty eighth Regiment of Infantry a certain Tract of Land containing Three hundred and Twenty acres…in the Territory of Illinois.” Signed at the conclusion by President James Monroe and countersigned by Commissioner of the General Land Office Josiah Meigs. The beige paper seal remains affixed to the lower left and the reverse bears its uncommon General Land Office tag offering “a Map of the Military Bounty Lands" for a price of one dollar. In very good to fine condition, with staining to the edges, and all handwritten portions (including Monroe's signature) light but legible.
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